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K. Joshi
Abstract
The chemical composition of the essential oil of flowering
aerial parts of Ocimum tenuiflorum L. growing in the North
West Karnataka, India, was investigated. The hydrodistilled
essential
oil
was
analyzed
by gas
chromatography equipped with flame ionization detector
(GC-FID) and gas chromatography coupled with mass
spectrometry (GC/MS). Results demonstrated that the oil
was found to be rich in phenyl derivative compounds
(83.8%). The major compound was identified as methyl
eugenol (82.9%) among twenty-six compounds,
comprising 98.9% of the total oil.
Keywords: Ocimum tenuiflorum; Lamiaceae; essential oil
composition; methyl eugenol; GC/MS.
Introduction
Ocimum tenuiflorum L. (syn. Ocimum sanctum L.) of the
family Lamiaceae is an erect, softly hairy, aromatic herb. The
plant is commonly cultivated in temple premises and
households as a sacred plant (Yadav & Sardesai, 2002). Two
types of O. tenuiflorum are met within cultivation: (i) with
green leaves known as Sri or Lakshmi Tulsi and (ii) with
purple leaves known as Krishna Tulsi (Pandey, 1990). In
Ayurveda, this plant has been well documented for its
Received: 10 May 2014 / Accepted: 13 June 2014 / Published online:
1 July 2014
Horizon e-Publishing Group
CITATION
Joshi, R. K., & Hoti, S. L. (2014). Chemical composition of the
essential oil of Ocimum tenuiflorum L. (Krishna Tulsi) from North
West Karnataka, India. Plant Science Today, 1(3), 99-102.
http://dx.doi.org/10.14719/pst.2014.1.3.52
AUTHORS AFFILIATION
1
Department of Phytochemistry, Regional Medical Research Centre
(Indian Council of Medical Research), Belgaum, Karnataka-590 010,
India.
2 Regional Medical Research Centre (Indian Council of Medical
Research), Belgaum, Karnataka-590 010, India.
CORRESPONDENCE: R. K. Joshi. E-mail: joshirk_natprod@yahoo.com
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& S. L. Hoti
100
of individual
components
were calculated
based on the
GC
peak area
(FID response) without
using a correction
factor.
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101
100
NL:
1.18E8
TIC MS O.
90
tenuiflorum
OMe
OMe
Relative
Abundance
8
0
70
50
60
Methyleugenol
40
30
20
10
0
13.22
3.92
4.06
4.52
21.82
10.59
10
13.68
15
23.63
21.11
20
26.09
30.01
25
30
32.67
Time (min)
35.07
35
36.83
39.58
40
43.08
45
47.62
50.73
50
54.44
58.14
55
59.45
60
64.09
65
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